Update in child abuse case

The mother of a toddler in a coma after beatings allegedly suffered at the hands of the woman’s boyfriend had agreed months ago to keep the child away from the man, child-welfare officials said Wednesday.

“She signed a safety plan, agreeing not to allow (the suspect) any unsupervised visits with the child or to allow (him) to discipline her,” Child Protective Services spokesman Thomas Shapley told P-I reporter Hector Castro.

The 30-year-old man suspected of beating the girl said she was hurt in an accident, police said. The man is not her father, according to police reports.

He was arrested Sunday after Port of Seattle police allegedly found him, the injured girl’s mother and the couple’s 11-day-old daughter trying at of Sea-Tac International Airport.

The man was booked Monday night into the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent on investigation of child abuse and for violating probation.